Combined shade and curtain bracket



Jan. 15, 1924. 1,480,841

W. H. SIMMONS COMBJRNED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET Filed May 15. 1922 Patented Jan. 15, 1.924.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. S1MMONS, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application filed May 15, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined shade and curtain bracket of that type which can be cheaply and simply made of wire and adapted to be mounted on a window casing by means of a screw at one end of the wire, and when so mounted will support a shade roller as well as a curtain pole in position. An improved feature of the device is its simplicity, and the cheapness of its construction.

The invention is illustrated in the accom- .3 panying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device, as applied. Fig. 2 is a detail showing a curtain pole sup ported thereon.

As stated, the bracket is made of a single piece of wire and comprises a straight shank portion indicated at 6, terminating at its rear end in a pointed screw 7, which can be screwed into the window casing to support the bracket in position. At its front end, the wire is bent downwardly as indicated at 8 to form a seat or holder for the pintle 9 of a shade roller 10, and beyond this the wire is recurved or bent backward in the form of a loop 11 is then coiled around the shaft 6 as indicated at 12. From this coil the wire extends outwardly or forwardly as indicated at 13, and terminates in a hook 14, the arm 13 being long enough to posi- Serial No. 561,009.

tion the hook at a distance in front of the shade, where it will support a curtain pole 15, either by resting the curtain pole in the hook as shown in Fig. 1, or by inserting the bill of the hook through holes in the pole,

as shown in Fig. 2.

A pair of these devices can thus be used to support both a shade roller and curtain pole in position at the head of a window casing. Each bracket can be set in position by simply screwing the same into the casing, and no loose parts or other attaching devices are necessary. The manner of bending the wire as indicated at 11, and coiling the same around the shank, as indicated at 12, forms a quite rigid support for the shade roller and when'the device is screwed into a casing the coil 12 -will conveniently rest against the surface of the casing, which increases the rigidity of the support provided.

I claim:

A combined shade and curtain bracket comprising a piece of wire bent to form a shank having a threaded rear end, a shade roller hearing at the front end of said shank,

a backwardly curved loop, a coil around the shank, and a forwardly extending arm provided at its front endwith a hook to hold a curtain pole, the shade roller bearing portion, and the arm, extending from the coil at an acute angle to the shank.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature 7 in presence of two witnesses.

G. W. Rosnnnnne. 

